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inci.

pearl

4 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/inˈd͡ʒi/

  1. pearl

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish اینجو (inci, incü), from Proto-Common Turkic *yinčü, ultimately from Middle Chinese 珍珠 (MC trin tsyu) ~ 眞珠 (MC tsyin tsyu, “genuine pearl”). Cognate with Azerbaijani inci, Bashkir ынйы (ınyı), Kazakh інжу (injüw), Tatar энҗе (ence), Turkmen hünji and Uzbek inju.

adj/inˈd͡ʒi/

  1. pearl, made of pearl

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish اینجو (inci, incü), from Proto-Common Turkic *yinčü, ultimately from Middle Chinese 珍珠 (MC trin tsyu) ~ 眞珠 (MC tsyin tsyu, “genuine pearl”). Cognate with Azerbaijani inci, Bashkir ынйы (ınyı), Kazakh інжу (injüw), Tatar энҗе (ence), Turkmen hünji and Uzbek inju.

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